Transcript Awareness” Module

‘Delivering Equality’
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGB&T)
Module 1 “Awareness”
Awareness Programme
1. Aims
9. Plenary
2. Background
10. Evaluation
3. Introductions
11. Contact Us
4. Learning Agreement
5. ‘Ice Breaker’
6. Definitions
7. Mind Our Language
8. Myths and Facts
Aims
• Participant’s will increase their awareness of the issues
experienced on a personal, community and institutional
level by Lesbians, Gay men, Bisexuals and Trans
(LGB&T) communities and individuals
• Participants will learn the definitions of LGB&T
• Participants will explore the barriers and discrimination
LGB&T people experience
Background
In April 2012, NHS Somerset and Somerset LINk
jointly commissioned the Diversity Trust to find out
about the experiences and views of LGBT people of
health and social care in Somerset.
In particular, they wanted to hear about the stories,
both positive and negative, LGBT people in Somerset
had to tell about accessing and receiving health and
social care.
The research was carried out throughout the county
between April and October 2012.
The training and associated modules were developed
as a result of the research.
Introductions
• Please introduce yourself, your name and
your role
• Do you have any hopes and fears about
the training
• Something which makes you the same or
something which makes you different from
others on the training today
Learning Agreement
• What learning agreements do we need to
make to ensure the training is safe for you
to take part?
‘Ice Breaker’
• Find someone in the room you don’t know
well and tell them something about
yourself which no one else in the room
knows
Definitions
• How might you define LGB&T?
• In groups, define Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Trans and Heterosexual
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual
Definitions
• Lesbian: Women who are emotionally
and sexually attracted to other women
• Gay: Men who are emotionally and
sexually attracted to other men. Some
Lesbians identify as “Gay” or “Gay
Women”
• Bisexual: Women or men who are
emotionally and sexually attracted to
both women and men
Trans Definitions
• Trans/Transgender: an umbrella term for
whose gender identity and/or gender
expression diverges in some way from the sex
they were assigned at birth
• Includes people who identify as Transsexual
• Includes people who identify as a non-binary
gender or on a gender spectrum, e.g. gender
queer
• Can include transvestites and cross-dressers
• The Transgender community prefers the
abbreviated term ‘Trans’
Definitions
• Homophobia: The irrational fear and/or hatred
of people who identify as Lesbian, Gay or
Bisexual. This can include; physical, emotional
and verbal attacks. In some cases can result in
violence and even death
• Biphobia: The irrational fear and hatred of
Bisexual people
• Transphobia: The irrational fear and hatred of
Trans (Transgender) people
• Heterosexism: Is the assumption that every
individual is heterosexual
Mind our Language
• What is some of the language you have
hear, or know, about LGB&T people, you
can also consider Heterosexual people too
Myths and Facts
• What are some of the myths and facts
you’ve heard, or know, about LGB&T
people, include any myths and facts about
Heterosexual people too
• Work in groups to come up with myths
and facts about LGB&T people
LGB Population Size
• According to the UK Government estimate,
what percentage of people identify
themselves as Lesbian or Gay?
2%
6%
10%
LGB Population Size
• In 2005 the Government, when analysing
the financial implications of the Civil
Partnerships Act, concluded there were
3.6m Lesbian and Gay people in Britain,
around 6% of the population
Trans Population Size
• At present, there is no official estimate of the
Trans population in the UK. The Census does
not ask if people identify as Trans it did not
include a question in the 2011 Census
• Gender Identity Research in Education Society
(GIRES), in their Home Office funded study,
estimate the number of Trans people in the UK
to be between 300,000 and 500,000
Plenary
• Task 1: Something I have learnt from the
module
• Task 2: Something I will do as a result
• Feedback and plenary
Evaluation
• Please visit the evaluation site
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/lgbtpilot
Contact Us
• Phone 0844 800 4425
• Email [email protected]
• Website www.diversitytrust.org.uk
• Facebook
http://facebook.com/DiversityTrust
• Twitter http://twitter.com/DiversityTrust